Classics of Philosophy from Peking University. Selected Works of Hong Qian

Author: Chen Lai (Editor-in-Chief) / Hong Qian
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Hong Qian, also known as Hong Qian, styled Shoushi. His ancestral home was in She County, Anhui. He was born in Fujian in 1909. While studying law at the preparatory department of Southeast University, he published an article discussing Wang Yangming in Xueheng. Kang Youwei, upon seeing it, found him to have great philosophical talent and thus invited him to meet at the Shanghai Yushuyuan. He recommended that Hong Qian study under Liang Qichao. Later, Liang Qichao introduced him to the Imperial University of Tokyo in Japan, where he studied under the authority Yu Zhe Ren. However, due to illness, he stayed in Japan for only six months before returning home. After returning, he attended the preparatory department of the National College of Chinese Studies at Tsinghua University for a year, receiving careful guidance from Liang Qichao and Liang Tingcan. Hong Qian's main works were initially written and published in German or English, then translated into Chinese. This was partly because it was easier to find Chinese translations than the original texts, and partly because the original texts allowed readers to better understand his academic contributions. Therefore, we have included the most important several foreign-language articles in their original form, along with corresponding translations.